JANUARY TEST DRIVE MEME

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TEST DRIVE

Welcome to Ryslig's test drive meme! If you're considering apping here, this is where you can try your characters out in the game's setting. A few things to note:

• You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely.
• We now have a Quick Game Facts that simplifies the basic information about the game. Good if you want to see what the game is at a glance!
• Ryslig's FAQ is located here, so please take a look if you have questions.


• The Reserve date is 01/29.
• Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample!
• Players with characters already in the game can earn up to a maximum of 6 coins by replying to potential character threads! You cannot use this to go over the bonus 20 coins per month total, but you can use it to reach that coin total. Same rules as normal bonuses apply.

Sample scenarios:

SCENARIO ONE: So you've just arrived, fresh out of the hospital, and already the natives are trying to get on your good side. Offers of food, shelter and other luxuries in return for hoping you don't eat them. They even have some helpful pamphlets to share with you. "How To Deal With Changes", "Alternatives to Human Flesh", "What to Expect When You're Expecting (to turn into a monster)" are all great pamphlets. There's even some detailing certain monsters, and the changes they go through. Some of these seem to have been passed down from one monster to the next.

Among these however, are some... not so helpful ones. "Bunnyipyips And You", "Axe Thief Axehounds," and "So you're becoming a Fur Bearing Trout" among others. Sometimes they have marks on them from previous people who had them saying they are lies, or pointing out good "jokes."

SCENARIO TWO: You've become hopelessly lost in Lager Woods. Paths don't seem to lead where you remember them leading, and you feel as if you're going around in circles. Childlike giggling can be heard from no direction in particular. Suddenly, you stumble upon another character, who seems to be just as lost as you! Perhaps you can find a way out together. Or maybe they want you for lunch...

SCENARIO THREE: The time has come and you've found yourself becoming a monster. Is the change instant, or gradual? Are you familiar enough with monsters to know what's happening, or is it a complete shock? NOTE: Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.

SCENARIO FOUR:The claws, the fangs, the pangs of hunger - horrible as they all are, it's manageable given enough time and perseverance. Local monster hunters, though, not so much.

Maybe it started with a few wayward glances on the outskirts of town, critical stares and disapproving whispers, or just the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever it was, deserved or entirely unprovoked, you're being hunted: a handful of aggressive, well-armed humans doggedly chase your trail throughout city streets and out into the open, and if you're not careful (if you don't find help soon) you might wind up as the next trophy kill claim on one of those hunter's walls.

Comments

[highstandards]

[His new friend is kind of high strung, but that's alright. They've been walking for a long time; he's probably just cranky because he's cold or his feet hurt or something.]

I hope not! Playing with your food is very rude!

[ghostwriting]

[...you know, that's actually not too off the mark. his feet do hurt, and unfortunately, Stine's the type of person who hoards mounting irritations like a dragon collects gold. or a very spoiled kid who keeps tally of all the times his parents have yelled at him.

anyway.]

So is laughing at people who can't see you, but here we are. [he feels moody, but gosh, is he trying not to let it completely destroy this whatever-it-is between them. like it or not, he needs the guy. strength in numbers and all that. twigs crack under his shoes as he walks through a particularly thick bit of foliage, which he does so very carefully.] You don't have to think the best of them, you know. Not when they haven't given you any reason to.

[highstandards]

[Sorry, Stine, Papyrus thinks the best of everyone. Even if they're charging right at him with a weapon.]

They haven't given me a reason to think the worst of them, either. I'm sure they're laughing WITH us, not AT us!

[He's just as careful going through the thicket, but unlike Stine he seems to actually enjoy clearing the way. It's like a natural maze!]

[ghostwriting]

[that makes him stop right in his tracks. that's just too much, he can only take so much, he's only human. at least for now.

he marches straight up to Papyrus and looks him straight in the eye. this is very hard when you're only half of the person you're trying to be level with's height, but let it be said that Stine, for all of his shitty qualities, doesn't let these little details shake him. this is what happens when you possess an unbreakable sense of DETERMINATION.]

Papyrus. Do I look like I'm laughing?

[he wags his thumb at his face, and it looks just like this.]

[highstandards]

[Wow, what a purposeful walk! Surely his friend has gotten over what was bothering him, now he's ready to tackle their problem and no, wait, he looks even more pissed and he just invaded Papyrus' personal space. That's… kind of uncomfortable.]

Um. Not really.

[He squints.]

It looks like the opposite of laughing, actually.

[ghostwriting]

[how embarrassing is it that he has to stand on his tiptoes for this to work? probably a lot. he doesn't care either way.]

What's the opposite of laughing, Papyrus?

[for someone so small he sure does know how to talk down to others.]

[highstandards]

Well, technically it's - [Give him a moment, jumbles are hard] gnihgual.

But uh. I don't know how "gnihgual" looks like. You just look kind of annoyed.

[ghostwriting]

[oh my.]

That's not...technically anything, that's nonsense. That's a stupid nonsense word coming out of a stupid nonsensical mouth. [he takes a deep breath. he's actually starting to feel light-headed. there's a word out there that doctors use for this kind of thing.] But I suppose it's not completely useless because it's proved to me that there are worse things out there than being laughed at. So thank you.

[he falls back on the balls of his feet. this is pointless, and the only thing stupider than this horribly misplaced optimism is Stine himself for even engaging. he's wasting time. every second they spend doing this is another moment away from Hannah. from home. he's the idiot and that's what really gets him mad.]

[highstandards]

You're welcome.

[He means it! Poor Stine must be more sensitive than he thought, all this walking grating on his nerves until he says things he doesn't really mean. Papyrus is glad to provide a little perspective!]

So. Maybe we should just ignore these guys.

[ghostwriting]

[Stine sighs at the first thing out of the other's mouth. the fight leaves him very quickly; that's one of the upsides of his temper. if he's honest, he finds Champ more irritating than this guy; they have similar personalities, he supposes. so it's not all bad.

but Champ. even thinking about him of all possible people makes him feel bad. he'll laugh at himself later for that, but it's true and it's in these raw moments of unchecked emotion that make him realize certain truths: he does miss those kids. he was wrong about him and Zach. so very wrong. and Hannah...

those two were just fixtures. important fixtures, but they weren't his world. not like his daughter is.

his shoulders sag and he keeps his head slightly tilted in Papyrus' direction as he turns back to the path in front of them. in that instant, he doesn't look like a high-strung bundle of nerves. he looks lost. bitter.]

Will I regret asking how you plan to do that?

[highstandards]

[Oh no, he looks so depressed now! It's up to Papyrus get cracking and lead them out of this forest. What would Stine do without a great guy like him around?]

Of course not! How will you know the plan if you don't ask? Well, I'll tell you anyway but STILL! YOU WILL DEFINITELY NOT REGRET ASKING! Ready? Here goes:

We keep walking and as long as we can't SEE whose laughing, we act like they don't exist. In fact, we will go the OPPOSITE direction of which the laugh is coming from, in case they're trying to lead us on. If they keep hiding, we have nothing to worry about, and if they feel so offended at being ignored to reveal themselves, we can beat them! WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE WIN!

[ghostwriting]

[he just stares at Papyrus, squinting his eyes a little at the other in a way like he's not quite sure what he's listening to or who it's even coming from, as if he's looking at someone who just spontaneously up and turned into a two-headed lizard mutant in the span of roughly ten seconds. which, you know, could happen somewhere down the road, but ANYWAY.

Stine stares, and he listens. really listens, if the change in his expression from disbelieving scrutiny to a slightly dazed, befuddled sort of dull surprise says anything. he looks like he's at a loss for words and he is. when you're this stressed out and confused with which emotions to shift through, there's only one thing to do at a time like this.

which is to say, he starts laughing. it's quiet at first then grows a little louder — still sad and still a tinge bitter, but it's far from the hurtful, cruel sort you'd expect a guy in his position to throw out. he sounds genuinely amused.]

[highstandards]

[That expression can only mean one thing – he's awestruck by Papyrus' tactical genius. It's okay to be speechless, Stine – Papyrus often amazes himself with how brilliant he is, too!

He's very pleased that the other is laughing.]

I'm glad you like it! I knew a good, solid plan will cheer you up.